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The Challenges Facing Muslim Americans in the Trump Era
Ameer Shakil Ahmed of the Islamic Association of Cary will speak about the new challenges facing Muslim Americans in the Trump Era. Ameer (a term for a Muslim lay leader) Ahmed will address specific challenges facing Muslim Americans. The rise in hostility toward Muslim Americans was tragically marked in Chapel Hill in 2015 when 3 Muslim […]
Gun Rights, and African Americans
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has been highly successful in promoting gun rights, and fighting any attempt to regulate them. However, did you know that there was also a national association for African American gun owners (NAAGA)? The NAAGA's mission is "to introduce firearm use for home protection, competitive shooting, and outdoor recreational activities. We […]
Criminal Justice Reform
Ian Mance of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, is a Staff Attorney with the Southern Coalition’s criminal justice reform team. His efforts working with community organizers in Durham helped lead to a formal finding of “racial bias and racial profiling” by the Durham Police Department and a series of policy reforms aimed at deterring abusive stop-and-search practices.
A Credit Union With A Unique Social Mission
Gabriel Treves of the Durham Branch of the Latino Community Credit Union will share with EHST the mission and work of the credit union. The Credit Union was founded in 2000 as a grassroots response to a wave of robberies and muggings of Latino immigrants in Durham, North Carolina. Since then, it has become a national […]
The 2017 American Ethical Union General Assembly
EHST's parent organization, the American Ethical Union, held its General Assembly in Baltimore on June 9-11. The theme of it was racial justice and transformation. Hugh Taft-Morales gave a talk during the Sunday platform program which addressed the theme of the Assembly. You may read it here. Dorothy Dale, EHST President, and Jan Broughton […]